Losing David
Congratulations on your fine remembrance of David Getches [page 23, September听Coloradan]. We worked together in the cabinet of Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm, had offices in the same building and spent hours and hours trying to figure out how to get the legislature to see things our way. He was the brains, and I was more of the political operative.
I had been planning to go up and see him when I heard of his illness, but it just happened so fast and suddenly he was gone.
Morgan Smith听(尝补飞鈥�66)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Coloradan听丑颈驳丑濒颈驳丑迟蝉
Your great pub just came to the top of my stack 鈥� terrific! Just some highlights [from the September听Coloradan]:
- Profiles of听Coach Embree听(Comm鈥�88) [pages 10-13] and David Getches 鈥� very informative.
- 鈥�Concrete Results鈥� [pages 60-61] on the new Hoover dam bridge 鈥� very timely; it鈥檚 the cover article for the American Society of Civil Engineers听Civil Engineering听magazine 鈥� near and dear to my heart.
- 鈥�Power to the People鈥� [page 19] by听Paul Danish听(Hist鈥�65) 鈥� helpful briefing on the Boulder municipal issue.
- The award for excellence 鈥� well deserved.
Thanks to you and staff for an outstanding issue.
John Clark听(CivEngr, Mgmt鈥�64)
Boulder
Congratulations on recent changes in the听Coloradan. It is colorful, readable, even thought-provoking, and a great asset to the university.
Minor Judd Coon听(颁丑别尘鈥�43)
Ann Arbor, MI
What exciting news about the [first place] Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) magazine award. That is truly tremendous and richly deserved! The听Coloradan听magazines are so bright and entertaining, plus edifying in a totally easy-to-enjoy way 鈥� the numbers, the colors, the quick bites, the layout. No wonder it鈥檚 an award winner! And I read every story this time [September issue]. They all had such human interest while spanning a variety of subjects.
Nancy Rasmussen听(贰苍驳濒鈥�67)
Philadelphia
And yet another great job on the recent听Coloradan.
I especially like the photos of the campus in every edition. I like the layout/format of the publication 鈥� easy to read and keeps my interest moving. The breadth of topics covered in the array of articles keeps me informed.
And I like the international dimension in at least one article per issue. If CU is to be an international university, it must have an international focus, i.e., Peace Corps, the personal international experiences of former and current students and faculty, etc.
I loved your piece on Old Main [pages 40-41, June听颁辞濒辞谤补诲补苍]. I had Spanish class in that building. I passed.
Bill Kieffer听(笔辞濒厂肠颈鈥�63)
Rock Hill, SC
Providing sustainable food
I am so impressed with Chipotle [pages 4-9] after reading the September听颁辞濒辞谤补诲补苍听that I am going to start eating there. I had no idea what a progressive and green effort they are making . . .
Great job!
Gaffney Peglar Barnett听(贬耻尘鈥�99)
Manhattan, NY
Remembering Rozek
As political science students at CU in the 1960s, we were introduced to Dr. Edward Rozek [June 2009听Coloradan] and were very impressed with his life story. As a young Polish tank commander he fought in Europe and was wounded and imprisoned during World War II.
Dr. Rozek鈥檚 lectures taught us about the greatness of the American system of government and its fight against tyranny throughout the world, especially communism. He was a man of great integrity and listened to both sides of an argument.
When Dr. Rozek passed away in 2009 we thought it fitting to honor him with a plaque on the Boulder campus. Thanks to donations from many of his former students, friends and colleagues, the plaque was dedicated in June 2011 at Hellems.
The plaque is inscribed with his favorite saying, 鈥淚f I were a rich man I would pay for the privilege of teaching.鈥�
Christina (Vicki) Dickson Godbey听(PolSci鈥�61) and听H. Gail Godbey听(Econ, PolSci鈥�65)
Denver
Embree鈥檚 not alone
There is an听error in the article 鈥淔orever Buff Jon Embree takes charge鈥� [pages 10-13 in the September听Coloradan] that states coach听贰尘产谤别别听(Comm鈥�88) is the only minority head football coach in the Pac-12.
David Shaw is the first-year head football coach at Stanford and also a minority. I can think of five minority coaches that have worked in the Pac-10 or Pac-12. They are Ty Willingham (Stanford), David Shaw (Stanford), Embree (Colorado), Dennis Green (Stanford) and UCLA had Karl Dorrell just before Rick Neuheisel. I am up to five black coaches. There may be more? Should be!
Dick Porter听(贰肠辞苍鈥�51)
Palo Alto, Calif.
Editor鈥檚 Note:听Thanks, Dick, and my former journalism school classmate听John Borstelmann听(MJour鈥�99) who took the time to point this error out to us.
Associate athletic director Dave Plati (Jour鈥�82) responds:
Embree became just the fourth African-American head coach in Pac-12 Conference football history (with Stanford鈥檚 David Shaw the fifth a month later). Dennis Green was the first when he coached Stanford (1989-91), followed by Ty Willingham, also at Stanford (1995-2001) and then former Colorado assistant Karl Dorrell at UCLA (2003-07); Willingham also was head coach at Washington (2004-08). Nationally, Embree is one of seven African-American head coaches among the 66 BCS schools and one of the 16 at the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision programs.
So many buildings and听so few maps
I鈥檓 sure I鈥檓 not the only alumna who would love to see a map of the current campus printed in the magazine. Whenever we read of a new building being constructed, it鈥檚 very difficult to figure out exactly where it is located. Is the quadrangle filling up or has it been left for greenery?
Margaret McCutcheon Lauterbach听(闯辞耻谤鈥�56)
Boise, Idaho
[Editor鈥檚 Note:听Rest assured, Margaret, the Quad still is full of greenery. Thanks for the feedback. We will work on including a map in an upcoming issue.]
